Reports: Former Texas pharmacist on trial after being accused of paying a teenager for sex

William Axford
| on January 3, 2018

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Stanley Turner, 65, of Nacogdoches is accused of paying a 14-year-old runaway for sex.

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Marashia Lasha Robinson is accused of setting up a meeting between Stanley Turner, 65, and a 14-year-old runaway. Police say Turner paid money to have sex with the teen.

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A former Texas pharmacist accused of paying for sex from a 14-year-old girl and attempting to pay her mother to keep it from the police has started his trial.

Stanley Turner, 65, appeared in court on Tuesday in Nacogdoches, according to news station KTRE-TV. Prosecutors said Turner had sex with the teenager in August 2014 and then drove her and a friend to the store to buy hair products, according to the news station. An arrest affidavit obtained by KTRE-TV states Turner reportedly tried to pay the victim's mother $2,000 if her daughter told police that he didn't have sex with her.

Turner was arrested during a sting set up by police after the mother agreed to meet with Turner, KTRE-TV reports.

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On Wednesday, the woman accused of setting up the meeting between the teenager and Turner testified in court. Marshia Lasha Robinson told the judge that she initially thought the victim was 20 years old and from Houston, according to another KTRE-TV report. Robinson reportedly set the pair up to have sex in her apartment and said she later learned the victim was much younger.

The arrest affidavit from the Nacogdoches Police Department obtained by the news station reportedly states the teen was originally reported as a runaway in Lufkin. She allegedly told officers that she had sex with multiple men while she was in Nacogdoches and that she had been paid for some of the encounters.

Turner and Robinson were identified by the teen during police questioning, according to the reports.

Turner was originally charged with solicitation of a prostitute under 18, sexual assault of a child, tampering with a witness and trafficking. KTRE-TV reports all but one of the charges were dropped but failed to state which charge. Robinson was charged with felony trafficking.

The Nacogdoches County District Attorney's Office was not open Wednesday. The Nacogdoches Police Department did not comment on the case.

Will Axford is a digital reporter for Chron.com. Read more of his stories here and follow him on Twitter.